Discount supermarket Aldi is tightening the gap on Australian grocery giants Coles and Woolworths, reporting $13.3 billion in sales last year and sending $900 million in dividends to its reclusive German owners. The latest financial filings for Aldi Australia, lodged with the corporate regulator, show sales rose from $12.09 billion in 2023, making it the... Read More
And that’s why the Aldi families regularly rank highest in Germany’s most-filthy-rich-seriously-do-you-even-know-how-much-money-you-have list. The owners of Aldi Australia are currently the third or fourth richest families with a total of 27B of personal wealth.
And that’s why the Aldi families regularly rank highest in Germany’s most-filthy-rich-seriously-do-you-even-know-how-much-money-you-have list. The owners of Aldi Australia are currently the third or fourth richest families with a total of 27B of personal wealth.
Source (German): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_reichsten_Deutschen_(Manager_Magazin)#Liste_2025
Isn’t the ownership of Lidl so complex that nobody really knows where the money ends up in?
It has to reach the pockets of Dieter Schwarz somehow, otherwise he wouldn’t be on top of the linked list.
We’re talking about Aldi.
Yes we are. And Lidl is a similar massive German juggernaut, with a very confusing ownership structure.
go, visit Heilbronn!